Proviso 117.147 of the FY 2018-2019 Appropriations Act authorizes the South Carolina Department of Administration (Admin) to provide consolidated administrative services to all agencies to promote cost savings, operational efficiencies and advance a statewide approach to agency administration. This proviso further requires agencies receiving $20 million or less in total appropriated funds during the current year to consult with Admin to determine the benefits of using these consolidated administrative services.

Admin has and continues to provide various levels of administrative support services to other state agencies. Administrative services available to state agencies include, but are not limited to, the services below. Agencies interested in utilizing administrative services should select the appropriate heading.

For Administrative Services general information, please call 803-734-8120 or email information@admin.sc.gov.

 

Accounting and Finance Services

  • Accounts Receivable Processing
  • General Accounting
  • Grants Processing and Reporting
  • Invoice and Accounts Payable Processing
  • Reporting — External and Internal as Required
  • Reporting Package Preparation

Budgeting Services

  • Budget Management within SCEIS
  • Budget Preparation
  • Budget Transaction Processing
  • Full-Time Equivalent Management
  • Reporting — External and Internal as Required

Human Resources Services

  • Benefits — Family Medical Leave Act, Insurance, Retirement, Workers’ Compensation, etc.
  • Classification and Compensation
  • Employee Recruitment and Selection
  • Employee Relations
  • Human Resources Training and Guidance
  • Payroll Processing and Reporting
  • Reporting — External and Internal as Required
  • Reporting Package Preparation

Procurement Services

  • Purchase Order Creation
  • Procurement Card Program Support
  • Solicitation Management
  • Reporting — External and Internal as Required
  • Reporting Package Preparation

Feasibility Study

Prior to Proviso 117.147, the legislature passed Proviso 101.33 in the FY 2013-2014 Appropriations Act. This proviso tasked the Budget and Control Board, Admin’s predecessor agency, with studying the feasibility of assuming certain administrative functions for state agencies with a budget of less than $5 million in total appropriations.

Several conclusions were drawn from this study. First, consolidation of administrative services is feasible. The state’s decision to move all agencies to a single enterprise system, South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS), for administrative transactions processing allows for the consolidation. Second, consolidation is cost effective. In the study, it was proven that reimbursing a single agency to perform these consolidated administrative services was more cost effective than performing these same administrative functions in each individual agency.